RIVER PARISHES TRANSIT AUTHORITY

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RIVER PARISHES TRANSIT AUTHORITY

• RPTA BOARD
• St. Charles Parish St. John the Baptist
  Parish
• Brent Petit, Chair Helen Banquer, Vice Chair
• Corey Faucheux Cindi Clarke
• St. James Parish At-Large Representative
• Arthur Harper, Jr. Faye J. Washington
• Robert Boudreaux

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SERVICE IMPLEMENTED ON FEBRUARY 2, 2009

• Demand Response
• Curb-to-curb
• Prescheduled trips throughout St. Charles and St.
  John
• Three 10 or 12 passenger vehicles
• Leave the gate at 530 am return at 730 pm
  Monday through Friday

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FARE POLICY

• 2.00 for each one way trip
• Cash fares only, drivers will not have change
• RPTA is developing a passbook program through
  which riders can purchase discounted passes

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24 HOUR ADVANCED SCHEDULING REQUIRED

• CONTACT RPTA 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE FOR NEXT DAY
  SERVICE
• Call during regular office hours 830 am to 430
  pm
• Speak to a person to ensure your trip is
  scheduled.
• Toll Free 1-877-651-1171
• Local Number 985-651-1141

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Coordination with St. James ParishRequires 48
hour advance schedule

• St. James Parish residents continue to call St.
  James Transit at 225-562-2352
• Riders make known they need to make a connection
  to RPTA
• Dispatchers of each service will confer to
  provide the best available connecting trips for
  rider
• St. James Transit one way fare is 1.00 total
  for connecting trip is 3.00

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OTHER CONNETING SERVICES REQUIRE 48 HOUR ADVANCE
REQUEST

• RPTA is working out details for connections to
  LaSwifts LaPlace stop
• RPTA has permission to drop off and pick up
  riders for return trips at existing transit stops
  along 3rd Street, Williams, and Airline Hwy in
  Kenner
• Can only bring people to existing stops and pick
  up people at these same stops wanting to return
  to the RPTA service area

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TRANSIT OPERATIONS

• RPTA hired Veolia Housed at 149 Woodland, LaPlace
• Transportation, Inc. to provide the service
• Aislinn Costello, Operations Manager
• Nine person staff including dispatchers and
  drivers

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SMALL VEHICLES

• Three 12 passenger vehicles and one 10 passenger
  vehicle
• All wheelchair lift equipped
• Each can accommodate two wheelchairs
• One supervisors vehicle that can also be used
  for road calls

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FUNDING SOURCES

• This program is possible through funding from
• St. Charles, St. John the Baptist and St. James
  Parishes
• The United Way of St. Charles
• The Louisiana Department of Transportation and
  Development
• The Federal Transit Administration
• A Federal Highway Administration Grant to the
  South Central Planning and Development Commission

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River Parishes Transit Authority